Psy 1300 Exam 1 Review - TXST – Angulo
Questions With Correct Answers
Define Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of
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behavior and mental processes | | |
Wilhelm Wundt - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-German physiologist who
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founded psychology as a formal science; opened first psychology
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research laboratory in Leipzig Germany, 1879
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William James - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1842-1910; Field: functionalism;
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Contributions: studied how humans use perception to function in our
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environment; Studies: Pragmatism, The Meaning of Truth
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Mary Whiton Calkins - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-first female president of
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the APA (1905); a student of William James; denied the PhD she earned
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from Harvard because of her sex (later, posthumously, it was granted to
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her)
Define Experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A research method in which
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an investigator manipulates one or more factors to observe the effect
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on some behavior or mental process. Gold Standard.
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, Define case study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a descriptive technique in
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which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of
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revealing universal principles (Valued for its richness)
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Define Correlational Study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-two sets of variables
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are examined to see if they are associated. Cannot determine
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causation.
Current subfields of psychology from the table on page 7 - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-
Define Biases - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Are the attitudes or feelings that
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we attach to perceived differences.
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Characteristics of good research samples - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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random
representative
large enough|
Divisions of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system | | | | | |
Questions With Correct Answers
Define Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of
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behavior and mental processes | | |
Wilhelm Wundt - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-German physiologist who
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founded psychology as a formal science; opened first psychology
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research laboratory in Leipzig Germany, 1879
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William James - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1842-1910; Field: functionalism;
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Contributions: studied how humans use perception to function in our
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environment; Studies: Pragmatism, The Meaning of Truth
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Mary Whiton Calkins - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-first female president of
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the APA (1905); a student of William James; denied the PhD she earned
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from Harvard because of her sex (later, posthumously, it was granted to
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her)
Define Experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A research method in which
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an investigator manipulates one or more factors to observe the effect
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on some behavior or mental process. Gold Standard.
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, Define case study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a descriptive technique in
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which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of
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revealing universal principles (Valued for its richness)
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Define Correlational Study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-two sets of variables
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are examined to see if they are associated. Cannot determine
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causation.
Current subfields of psychology from the table on page 7 - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-
Define Biases - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Are the attitudes or feelings that
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we attach to perceived differences.
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Characteristics of good research samples - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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random
representative
large enough|
Divisions of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system | | | | | |
